Pharmacy Technician

Practice Plus Group Holdings Limited; Evesham; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounts on shopping

Professional development

Employee helpline

Financial assistance

Job summary

Practice Plus Group is recruiting a Pharmacy Technician to join the Pharmacy team at HMP Long Lartin. The role focuses on safe medicines management, patient-centred care, and working within a multidisciplinary healthcare setting.

You will be registered with the GPhC, hold appropriate qualifications, and have post-qualification experience. Driving is preferred due to location; full-time, 37.5 hours per week, salary up to £33,510 FTE.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 or above, BTEC or equivalent.
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Up-to-date CPD (Continual Professional Development).
• Post-qualification pharmacy experience.
• General GCSE education or equivalent.
• Able to work unsupervised whilst following policy and procedures.
• Experience in hospital, community or prison environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide patient-centred care and respond to feedback, ensuring personalised care.
• Maintain medicines management service and patient records to agreed standards.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary healthcare team to deliver safe care.
• Adhere to policies and procedures and work unsupervised.

Skills

Patient-centered care

Team collaboration

Independent working

Education

NVQ Level 3 or above

BTEC or equivalent

Registration with GPhC

CPD (Continual Professional Development)

GCSE or equivalent

Job description

As a Pharmacy Technician, your responsibilities will vary. You will

• Provide outstanding quality based patient centred care to our patients seeking out, listening to and acting on their feedback so that care is personalised and informed by what matters to them.
• Focussing on providing a safe and secure medicines management service, ensuring patient medical records are maintained to the agreed standard at all times and ensuring standard operating procedures are followed to a high and orderly standard.
• Deliver non-judgemental care within the scope of professional standards. Involving anything from the timely administration of medicines through to analysing cost effective prescribing as defined through our unique health in justice medicines policy.
• You will make a real difference by working as a key member of a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals.

If you are interested in career development, we have a wide range of opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience, which include both internal and external options for development and learning. It doesnt stop there we also offer:

• Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
• Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development
• 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it
• We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for a fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.

NVQ Level 3, or above, BTEC or equivalent

Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Up to date with Continual Professional Development (CPD)

Relevant post-qualification pharmacy experience

General GCSE education or equivalent

Able to work unsupervised whilst following policy and procedures

Although not essential ideal applicants would have experience in a hospital, community or prison environment. Secure environments are one of the most challenging, yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. If youre looking for a role where you can develop your existing healthcare skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this could be the right opportunity for you.

The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We’re the UKs leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background. Practice Plus Groups purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:

• we treat patients and each other as they would like to be treated
• we act with integrity
• we embrace diversity
• we strive to do things better together

We have an exciting opportunity for a Pharmacy Technician to join our Pharmacy team at HMP Long Lartin,

HMP Long Lartin is a Category A male prison with a capacity of 620 inmates located in the village of South Littleton in the Wychavon district in Worcestershire. We offer a challenging, yet rewarding to learn and grow your career in healthcare, where you will be fully supported, and no two days are ever the same! Due to the location of HMP Long Lartin you will ideally be a car driver.

Hours

• Monday Sunday
• 37.5 hours per week
• Weekdays & Weekend shift patters -7.30am 8pm
• 1.5 week in a month, This position is full time, youll receive an annual salary up to £29,264 - £33,510 per annum FTE - depending on experience.